This Week In Radio 24/7/2021

Lots happens in the radio industry each week so hears a summery of the week we just enjoyed.

Here’s what happened

Rte were in court this week where they requested that legal action taken against them by politician Joe Costello be struck out. According to the Irish Times, Counsel for Joe Costello accepted the case is ‘novel’ but rejected suggestion it was bound to fail

Read the full report from The Irish Times here

In other RTÉ news, Ray Darcy is looking for a sponsor for his show on Radio 1. So how much does it cost?

  • 3 months sponsorship is €80,000
  • You can get 6 months for €135,000
  • And a whole 12 months of Ray Darcy sponsorship can be all yours for €220,000

I don’t really think I can afford to sponsor Ray this time.

Get all the details here

Finally this week Bauer stations ran a networked competition to give away €30,000 this week. They did the same thing with €20,000 the week before. The competition is a standard text to win with entries costing €2.50

Here are the contest details

And that is the summery for this week. Come back to radio land next week for more radio news📻 and be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for extra stories.